Xorg 1.5 missed the train?

Erich Zigler ezigler at gmail.com
Wed May 21 04:10:41 UTC 2008


On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 11:05 PM, Jeff Spaleta <jspaleta at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here let me show you something... pointing out that NVidia lagged the
> X.org 7.3 release and its stable ABI.
> Fact 1:  X.org 7.3 was released on 09-06-07
> Reference:  http://www.x.org/wiki/Releases/7.3
> Fact 2: NVidia did not have a new driver ready as of X.org 7.3 release:
> Reference:  http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=97942
> Quote Nvidia developer on :09-06-07
> "To reiterate, we can't comment on driver release schedules but I can
> confirm that the next driver release will support X.org 7.3. In the
> meantime, using -ignoreABI should be safe as long as you disable the
> Composite extension."
> Fact 3: Nvidia does not time releases around X.org releases:
> Reference: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=98635
> Quote NVidia developer on :09-06-07
> "the next driver release is not pending the Xorg-7.3 release."

Thank you. Clue gained. :)

- Erich




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